January 3, 2017

THE BASICSTopic: Nobel Peace Prize

According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who in the preceding year "shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of

standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."

Articles “Peace on track in Columbia” (12/30) (The Hindu) “Columbia: Education will be key to ending the violence” (12/24) (Open Democracy) “Columbia pardons 110 FARC rebels as part of peace deal” (12/14) (Aljazeera) “Nobel Peace Prize: Santos calls for ‘rethink’ of war on drugs” (12/10) (BBC) “The Nobel ‘Give Peace a Chance’ Prize” (opinion) (10/8) (The NY Times)

Questions to Consider What is the Nobel Peace Prize? Who was Alfred Nobel? Why is the Peace Prize controversial? Who is Juan Manuel Santos?

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/world/europe/nobel-peace-prize-juan-manuel-santos.html? Where is Colombia? What is FARC?

What is the civil war between the government of Colombia and the FARC guerillas about? How does the political division within the ruling party of Colombia (Santos v Uribe) affect the

prospect for sustained peace? What role does Pope Francis play in promoting peace and dialogue? Why is the Pope influential

in Latin America? What was the impact of the original NO vote on the peace treaty by the citizens of Colombia? Why did the Nobel Committee exclude FARC guerrilla leader Rodrigo Londono, better known by

his nom de guerre Timochenko, from receiving the Peace Prize? What is an “imperfect” peace? Is it better than no peace at all? What has to be done to keep this peace? What has been the role of Colombia’s three branches of government (President Santos the

executive, the Congress who voted on the peace deal and the Courts where all pardons are reviewed) in achieving this peace? Why are all three required to make this work?

What is the connection between Santos’ Nobel Prize and the “war on drugs”? Is a rethink of how we deal with drugs part of this process? Why?

Why did the Nobel Committee reward an effort for peace that is not yet successful? How can this peace process be replicated in other conflict areas? What was the significance of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Barack Obama in 2009? What

was the significance of the peace Award to Malala YOUSAFZAI in 2014? How do you reward efforts to achieve peace? What is the history of the Peace prize honorees? Who were omitted? Who were awarded a prize

but did not continue to seek peace? Who were the other candidates for this year’s Peace prize? Why are the nominations for the

Peace Prize kept secret for 50 years? Who would you nominate for a peace prize in 2016? What would be your major criteria for the

award? THE EXTRAPre-teaching, Extensions & Further Reading

“Nomination and Selection of Peace Prize Laureates” (Nobelprize.org) “Alfred Nobel’s Will” (Nobelprize.org) “How Unconventional Thinking Transformed a War-Torn Columbia” (12/11) (CBS News) “Bob Dylan won. But in Science, the Times They Aren’t A-Changin’” (10/31) (The NY Times) “Prestige does not necessarily mean progress: A history of the Nobel Peace Prize” (10/13) (RT) “Q&A: Columbia’s civil conflict” (5/27/13) (BBC)

Lesson Plans “Was Nobel Noble? Meet the Man” (Learning to Give) “Teach Peace” (Nobel Peace Laureate Project) “Malala Lesson Plan: Write a Speech Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize” (Brainpop)

What’s the Connection? Constitutional

“Q&A: Columbia Peace Deal Announced – What’s Next?” (United States Institute of Peace) “Courts and Public Opinion: The Columbian Peace Process and the Substitution of the

Constitution Doctrine” (I-Connect)Oregon

“Oregon’s ties with Columbia strengthen trade, community” (opinion) (9/15) (The Oregonian)Students

“Who is Malala Yousafazai?” (Anti-Defamation League)

Oregon State Social Science Standards

8.21. Analyze important political and ethical values such as freedom, democracy, equality and justice embodied in documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.8.26. Examine a controversial event, issue, or problem from more than one perspective. HS.31. Describe United States foreign policy and evaluate its impact on the United States on other countries. HS.35. Examine the pluralistic realities of society (e.g., race, poverty, gender, and age), recognizing issues of equity, and evaluating need for change. HS.59. Demonstrate the skills and dispositions needed to be a critical consumer of information.HS.60. Analyze an event, issue, problem, or phenomenon from varied or opposing perspectives or points of view.

CCSS Anchor Standards2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. 8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.

We the People Lesson ConnectionsMiddle School, Level 2

Unit 6, Lesson 28: What is the relationship of the United States to other nations of the world?

High School, Level 3 Unit 6, Lesson 38: What are the challenges of the participation of the United States in

world affairs?